So a bloke with his wife and daughter walk into a bar in Amble...

[Grimes]

We do have our own. On the way back from Celtic pre season, a family got on Hexhamish with the little lad wearing a Newcastle shirt. They were off to pay their respects to Bobby Robson at the ground (must have been open late that night for it) and obviously hadn't banked on a few thousand SAFC fans coming back that way. A bunch of lads gave them some stick, me and my mate told them to behave themselves and apologised to the Mother. We very nearly ended-up in a fight with the Sunderland lads over it.

Good on you mate, I was at that Celtic match too. Whole away end was singing for Bobby Robson. Stark difference to now pissing on Stokoes statue.

 

[MackneyHackem]

I just don’t get it, both Amble and Alnwick are 30+ miles away from NE1. Why the heck should they care if someone is from 30 or 40 miles away?

I guess growing up in the East Mids we were surrounded by League football clubs in comparison to the North East but it’s no excuse.

I’d understand getting agro if I rocked up in Mansfield wearing a Chesterfield shirt but there is still genuine deep rooted hatred amongst families, let alone rival football fans, over the miners’ strike in ‘84.

I don’t even think it’s football related to be honest. Just village idiots.

There’s a ridiculous amount of exaggerated mags in concord who think they’re superior to us, when really the majority of the c**ts never go to the games and are soft as shite. Horrible bastards.

Know a lad from Oxclose who’s convinced he’s a Geordie. Lifting crack.

 

[doodlebugs]

I genuinely think the John Hall years when he whipped them up into a frenzy, believing they were special and all part of a "Geordie Nation" made them (and us) even more partizan. Even in places miles away.

aye,amazing all the shit that fuka spouted came from a Sunderland fan,proper sleazeball yon bloke

 

[Farfrom Athletic]

Met a lad at work down south.

Where you from?

Jarra, you?

Newcastle.

Ah aye, where abouts?

You know Lanchester?



Good lad as it turned out. I’ve seen Newcastle play more than he has though. His dog was called Shearer too.

 

[McMackem]

I think an example was set.
4 people with no record and all working men.
I think the sentence fits the end result.

Let's put this into a bit better perspective. If they wanted to do serious damage they could and would have.
If they had done serious damage and not held back I would agree they would or should have been looking at lengthy jail terms.

Fair enough, when you're happy with mass beheading, stonings, and paedophilia - a gash across the face and a guy being kicked while on the ground must seem like pure handbags.

The example that was set was that you get one free 'beating someone up' as long as a) you've never been caught before b) 'have a job' and c) have mates that will write saying how splendid you are. I'd question whether it was held in the correct court for something like this.

 

[mackem1989]

There’s a ridiculous amount of exaggerated mags in concord who think they’re superior to us, when really the majority of the c**ts never go to the games and are soft as shite. Horrible bastards.

They know I rise easy so wind me up a fair bit well until I lash out, I drink in the club only these days much easier for me haven’t been down the street for years now.

 

[Watmore can I say]

I think an example was set.
4 people with no record and all working men.
I think the sentence fits the end result.

Let's put this into a bit better perspective. If they wanted to do serious damage they could and would have.
If they had done serious damage and not held back I would agree they would or should have been looking at lengthy jail terms.

What an odious rat you are.

 

[humbug]

I don't think it's a case of backing anyone up. They gave a man a kicking and also his wife got a little bit for trying to protect him.
It also seems those blokes were full of drink and I suspect so what the bloke who got a kicking.
What really sparked it all off is up for debate and nobody but them may know.

I'd hazard a guess it came down to one man standing his ground against a bit of a teet for tat to start with until a bit of a gang mentality ensued.

Who's to blame?
Clearly the 4 men for setting about the one bloke, regardless of his postcode or footballing/sporting allegiance.

I think the punishment was fair in this instance if the write-up is close to accurate.

It may seem soft but to me, it's a massive lesson learned for those, and also they not only have to stay out of trouble in any form for 2 years but any violence in or after that time will not be taken lightly, so they also have that hanging over them.

Top that off with unpaid work and compensation and I'd say fair enough and that's a genuine unbiased opinion.

what a long winded load of bollocks.

 

[McMackem]

I genuinely think the John Hall years when he whipped them up into a frenzy, believing they were special and all part of a "Geordie Nation" made them (and us) even more partizan. Even in places miles away.

It definitely upped the ante on the tribal aspect of the rivalry.

 

[Wansbeck Viking]

I think an example was set.
4 people with no record and all working men.
I think the sentence fits the end result.

Let's put this into a bit better perspective. If they wanted to do serious damage they could and would have.
If they had done serious damage and not held back I would agree they would or should have been looking at lengthy jail terms.

Absolute horseshit man.

 

[DBStar]

I've never had a problem in 20 years. Mind I don't drink in pubs like The Strawberry where the clientele have 12 fingers and one eye in the middle of their forehead. But have many a time openly talked about football, including with treacherous barcodes from Sunderland.

 

[Confucius]

It’s a hate crime, should be more than a suspended sentence.

 

[HoxtonMackem]

Know a lad from Oxclose who’s convinced he’s a Geordie. Lifting crack.

I know half a dozen mags from Washington who were born in Sunderland.

Strange lot.

Majority of Washington mags I know don't even go to their games. As plastic as it comes. Most of them showed no/minimal interest in football between the Pardew intertoto certificate days until this season....

 

[DBStar]

I genuinely think the John Hall years when he whipped them up into a frenzy, believing they were special and all part of a "Geordie Nation" made them (and us) even more partizan. Even in places miles away.

Absolutely. The closest analogy I can think of is the English exceptionalism during the civil war where they believed they were god's chosen. Mind I don't see it in all of them - just the ones around the 92er generation have that massive superiority complex over everyone in the region.

 

[Milvus Milvus]

The Chronicle ran a better write up, it said the father was 62 years old and had 37 previous convictions, none for violence.

Father and son subjected grandad to 'horrible' attack while calling him a Mackem

Edward Smith and Conner Smith, of Northumberland, left their victim injured and traumatised in a pub in Amble

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[T_Bone]

Four onto one Feckin scum bag bullies. I’d have knocked them all out if I’d been there. Alright I might not have but I’d have had a Feckin good go.

 

[wednesday1957]

One of the nurses I used to work with is a mackem, she had mates in London where she used to work.
She was down there when Wednesday were playing away at West Ham and arranged a meet up with her and our lass.
So off we went...I was in civvies simply because I could never get used to going to places Like West Ham with my colours on.
End up in the bloody Boleyn pub, early doors but loads of Hammers in.
wife takes her coat off..Wednesday shirt on..I nearly puked
They were right as rain, took the p*ss, but chatted football
Wednesday won 3-1, decided to go straight home

 

[Quinnymelad]

I think an example was set.
4 people with no record and all working men.
I think the sentence fits the end result.

Let's put this into a bit better perspective. If they wanted to do serious damage they could and would have.
If they had done serious damage and not held back I would agree they would or should have been looking at lengthy jail terms.

So, by your reckoning, because they didnt cause serious injury the sentence was ok.
This was probably more through luck.
If you and your gang are kicking someone on the floor, your INTENT is to cause serious harm.
Typical mag, defending other mags, its really indefensible.
You really are pathetic.

 

[MackneyHackem]

Met a lad at work down south.

Where you from?

Jarra, you?

Newcastle.

Ah aye, where abouts?

You know Lanchester?



Good lad as it turned out. I’ve seen Newcastle play more than he has though. His dog was called Shearer too.

Fuck me man.

I met a fellow Mackem at a party a few years ago and he said he was from Newcastle. Told him I was from Sunderland. Then he comes out with “oh I’m actually from there but most people don’t know where it is”…

Wouldn’t have anything to do with them after that. Genuinely refused to talk to him.

And another belter was “I’m from Carlisle…near Newcastle”. Get fucked man

 

[McMackem]

I think an example was set.
4 people with no record and all working men.
I think the sentence fits the end result.

Let's put this into a bit better perspective. If they wanted to do serious damage they could and would have.
If they had done serious damage and not held back I would agree they would or should have been looking at lengthy jail terms.

So fine if no record, OK, what if he had 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 previous convictions and had admitted guilt to a hate crime?